Drinking-fountain.



Improvements DStates, residing at Wausau,

" V,UN oFFIon-g" I ronrlin s: i-iAMnicK s peeificatign 'or Letters Bateria, -v repeated March 23,1909.,

pplicationiled. October 28, 1908. Serial No; 459,866.

` 'attached in fixed'. position to a, supporting shut-9H fauceh pipe which is` preferably, apart o'f as'winging To this end the improved drinking cupl com rises ya spray-head which is 'arranged in the' ottom thereof, and by which said drinking cup is preferably attachedy tothe up-f, wardly projecting) end 'of ajsupporting pipe, said spray head eing provide yin; its lower part with an annularseries ofinclinedfpas' sages for formin jets of water which fare pro. jected, against t e loweriinterior.. surface :of thefcup 1n such ainanneras to' thoroughly cleanseA the cup by 'the` upward {iow .of the water from said jets. The spray-head` is also preferably provided' a't its upper part witlra seriesof vertical passagesthroughwhi'ch the n a sectional view'ofthe improved.

' of the rim ofl the cup .manner as; vto lift `the center of., of waterV abovethedevel, to facilitate drinking.v

drawingslFigure 1 is drinking i the rising column the accompanying dountain or fountain attachment," illustrative against to have a tendencyto constantly cleanse 20 rovidedl-witha screw `stud in' the top of The outerend ofthesupporting pipe 18 is the reception of the threaded shank 21 ofgaAV globular sprayhead 22 provided'a't its 'base nwith an annular iian e against the bottornfoft e`cup 19 abovean v a erture insaid bottom thr'ougliwhich the s ank21 ofthe said spray-.head asses; so that by screwing saidv spray head) pipe thel cup19` will. be fixedly attached 1n ase with anannular; series `of passages 251 whichare downwardly andoutwardlyinclined in-such a manne'ras ,tofcause jets of water 'passing through thel s me to be projected the interior suiface o'f the cup 1 -9 so the interiorof the cup` by'the'npward iiow 'of thefwater. ,C The said.spray-lined isfalso lpreferably provided ymorevertical"passages 25 through whichthe tralfportionof the body of waterin the c up,

that when the parts are in the position shown in Eig.y 1 ofthe drawings the water will be turned on, *so as to afford a constant {iow Jintothe drinking cup 19; but ,15isswung around to a position to cause the .tlil-ihlfil t0 beoutk of register with theoutlet port vof the duct 14 the water will be shut ofi .the' swinging pipe'18 and' 'sleeve 15r providing a swingmgshut-off faucet. j

-also of its manner of use', and Fig. 2'is 'al'detail when saids let port of the duct 14,

provided with a Referrlng to the drawings, 1'2 i denotes ak suitable source of sup ly, and to the topl of which isy attached a lb ook orhead 113 the upper pore ltion of which is formed tapered' onconical,

as shown, and the said blocker head 1 3 bein provided with aductll. Fitting the'conica or tapered `portion ofthe block o r head 13V is a sleeve 15 r'ovidedwith a ductl which, eeve is in the position shown'in ing, sanitary drinking cup' which is intended n totake `the place of the unsanitary drinking cups .'now' generally in use. Any suitable catchbasin to'reeeive the overflowing water fromqthe' cup 19 Vmay, in practice, be pro- 'vided.fi A1 The invention is notto be understood as being limited to lall of the detailsherein shown and described, as various modifications, ofr such details, within the limits of mechanical skill, may. be ,made without de'- parting from the spirit of the invention.

will be in registerwith` the out-1 the said sleevebeing rojection 17 to which is suitablyiitted, as y a screw\joint, 'a pipe 18 on which is mounted 'a drinking c up 19. The

the drawing,

ysleeve 15 is held in' place by means of a cap Havi thus described ,our invention we claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a drinking fountain, the combination with a supply pipe, of mounted thereon and (provided in its wer partwith a spray-hea having in its lower when'theV sleeve a drinking cup' the conical portion of the block or head 13'. curved upwardly 'and is ,screw threaded -for i" 60..

23 lwhich "bears I linto the place. The sprayhead isyprovided near .its 5 at its topv with oneor water will'fiowupward' so asto liftthe cen- ,and thus facilitate drinking'froin' the saine. y J Fromr the foregoing it willbe understood The invention thus provides a selfcleansy portion inclined outlet passages so disposed jets of water to be projected as tol cause against the lower .portion of the interior of the cup, so that the cup will be automatically cleansed by the upwardly flowing water.

2. In a drinking fountain, the combina-- tion with a supply ter in the centralportion of the cup.

3. In adrinking fountain, the .combination with a'wate'r-supply pipe, of a head or block mounted thereon and provided with a suitable duct, a sleeve surrounding a ortion of thesaidvhead or block andprovide with a duct which may be brought into register with the outlet port ofthe first-named duct, a pipe attached to said sleeve, and a drinking cup tixedly attached to the outer swinging end of said pipe, said cup being p ovided at its lower portlon with a spray-head aving in its lower portion inclined passages so disposed as toA f cause jets of Water to. be

projected Iagainst 4.' In a drinking fountain, the combination with a water-supply pipe, of a head or block mounted therein and provided with a suitable duct, a sleeve surrounding a ortion of the said head or block and provide with a duct which may be broughtl into register with tlie outlet port 4of the first-named duct, a pipe attached to said sleeve, and a drinking` cup xedly attached to the outer swinging end of said pipe, said cup being provided at its lower portion with a spray-head having in its lower vportion inclined passages so dis posed as to cause jets of water to be rojectcd against the interior lower surface otpsaidcup and thereby cause an upward flow of water against the interior of the cup for the purposel ofcleansing the same, and said spray-head having one or more vertical outlet passages into its upper portion.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signaturesJ in presencey Qftwo'witnesses.

" PORTER S. HAMRICK. l

-SILAS B. TOBEY.

Witnesses ROBERT SCHMIDT, J. C. KUHLMANN. 

